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Welcome to the COPERNICUS Alliance Newsletter July 2016
COPERNICUS Alliance news
CA Conference 2016 call for submissions deadline 15th JulyFor details of the call for submission please see httpwwwcopernicusshyallianceorgcallThe conference programme is available online at httpwwwcopernicusshyallianceorgprogramme
CA cooperation with the International Association of UniversitiesWe are pleased to announce that CA is now an affiliated member of the IAU This membership is a furtherstep towards closer collaboration in recognition that the two organisations are working towards commonobjectives the transformation of HE and research to better address SD issues
Cooperation over the coming months and years will have following aims
develop guidelines for the integration of SD at all institutional levelsjointly issue a special edition of The Higher Education Policy journalconfer awards to authors of the best papersprovide access of CA members to IAU global HESD portal develop a professional training programme on HESD Leadershipsystematic mutual invitation to events and networking between members
Micro Funds support events at University of Warsaw and theOpen University of the NetherlandsEuropean Virtual Seminar shy European Learning Analytics Community Exchange
The EVSshyLACE workshop was organized at the Open Universiteit in Heerlen The Netherlands 13thshy14th April The aim of theworkshop was to discuss the application of lsquolearning analyticsrsquo in the European Virtual Seminar on Sustainable Development
(EVS) a webshybased course jointly organized and offered by about 10 universities from
(EVS) a webshybased course jointly organized and offered by about 10 universities fromacross Europe including 5 CA members Learning analytics refers to the use of dataautomatically generated by webshybased learning platforms to support the learningprocessIn EVS the potential of learning analytics is being tested to support the collaborativelearning of students A major goal of EVS is to learn to work together with people withdisciplinary and culturally diverse perspectives on sustainable development and to utilizethis diversity in search for sustainable solutions A major challenge for the teachers is tosupport this process as tutorsIn the workshop the EVS tutors evaluated the performance of a feedback dashboarddesigned to stimulate student reflection help to detect possible problems early andimprove group atmosphere collaboration and effectiveness The conclusion was that the
feedback tool had a demonstrated potential to stimulate student activity and that followshyup work was required to develop lsquogoodpracticesrsquo for the tutors on how to utilize the tool best in coaching their student team The workshop was also an opportunity topresent the COPERNICUS Alliance to participants from universities which are not yet CA members
University of Warsaw conference and poster exhibition ldquoSustainable Development atUniversitiesrdquo
The University Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development(UCBS) at the University of Warsaw organized a oneshyday conference andaccompanying exhibition of posters entitled ldquoSustainable Development at Universitiesrdquoin order to communicate the concept of sustainability in higher education to studentsand members of the university administration academics from University of Warsawand other Universities from Poland representatives from the Ministry of EnvironmentPolish Committee of UNESCO City Council of Warsaw and many other key institutionsfor implementation of sustainability rules at different levels The conference providedan opportunity to present the COPERNICUS Alliance GUPES and UniversityEducators for Sustainable Development (UE4SD) Special guest Dr Jorrdi Serra
(Delegate for Sustainability at the University of Barcelona) presented good practices of sustainability from the University ofBarcelonaThe poster exhibition illustrated how different aspects of sustainable development are being implemented at Warsaw Universityand other universities in Poland and abroad in the education research and primarily in the sustainable management of theuniversity and the ldquogreeningrdquo of campuses All the posters and main presentations from the conferences are available on theUCBS website httpucbsuweduplen
We welcome Micro Funds applications from CA members before the next deadline on 31st October More details onapplying for a Micro Funds grant is available at the website
Micro Funds awarded to University of GloucestershireIn the second round of applications for Micro Funds the University of Gloucestershire was awarded a grantto support the conference Universities as Beacons of Change Education for Sustainability Lighting upPathways for a New World
A report on this event will follow in the next newsletter Applications are welcome for CA members before thenext deadline 31st October
For more information please see httpwwwcopernicusshyallianceorginitiativescashymicroshyfunds
CA Members news
Competences for SD video
Ecocampus a program on sustainable higher education of the Flemish government has made avideo about how education can familiarize students with the changing society The videointroduces the viewers to the key competences for sustainable development In 2 minutes 30seconds the viewer learns about systems thinking and the anticipatory normative strategic andinterpersonal competences The goal of the video is to challenge teachers to reflect on whatthese mean for their practicehttpsyoutube8KerFUQtZmk
Opportunities for PhD students Leuphana University of LueneburgLeuphana University of Lueneburg is recruiting 5 PhD students to work on a project on higher education for sustainabledevelopment This project generates evidence on how students can best be educated to acquire competencies to becomeimpactful change agents It addresses how competence acquisition can best be fosteredThe project adopts a multishymethodological approach combining inshydepth qualitative case studies with a quantitative samplestudy to generate both detailed as well as generalizable insights The project conducts its research on two universities thathave pioneered sustainability education in Europe and North America namely Leuphana University of Luumlneburg in Germanyand Arizona State University in the United StatesThe project focuses on acquisition of sustainability competencies in
and Arizona State University in the United StatesThe project focuses on acquisition of sustainability competencies insustainability programs teacher education programs and extrashycurricular programs on social entrepreneurship at bothuniversities
For more information on the positions please follow this linkhttpwwwleuphanadenewsjobsshyundshykarriereforschungshylehrehtml
University of Zurich ISCN 2016 Award Winner
UZH is among the 5 universities to be awarded Excellence in Student Leadership for theircontribution to Sustainability Week in Zurich The Swiss Student Union held a conference duringthe week and presented a paper demanding Swiss universities to integrate sustainabilitymeasures into their operationshttpwwwinternationalshysustainableshycampusshynetworkorgawards2016shyawardshywinners
NUS Sustainability Survey seeks global collaborationThe UK National Union of Students (NUS) has jointly launching the sixth year of a joint survey on perceptions of sustainability inHE bringing the number of respondents to c30000 The survey came about in the context of the UNSECO DESD Findingsdemonstrate the strong student demand for sustainable development This longitudinal research makes it clear how muchstudents care about sustainability Over the past five years the results have been consistent
80 per cent of students want their institution to be doing more on sustainabledevelopment60 per cent of students want to learn more about sustainability
In 2015 for the first time the survey has included employers as part of thisresearch to find out what skills and attributes employers want from emerginggraduates ndash especially relating to sustainability Results show that employersthought that a range of skills for sustainability were important when they wererecruitingand this will be a theme for future research The survey has led ussecuring the pound5m Studentsrsquo Green Fund for unions and also ourinnovative Responsible Futures ESD programme as well as being drawnupon by countless universities and colleges in the UK to help win support forESD locallyNUS are also looking to collaborate with other partners globally to further thebody of evidence around this topic For more information visit the NUS
website or contact racheldraysonnusorguk
ELTT webinar
BOKU Sustainability day 2nd June 2016The BOKU Sustainability Day is a central measure of the universitys sustainability strategyTheevent offered a broad spectrum of activities keynotes discussion sessions etc and wasaccompanied by an artistic programme Entitled (Un)finitude Limited resources Boundless ideas the
event explored the tension between finite resources and infinite opportunities The whole day and evening program was thenaligned along the axis Earth brain heart and hand with parallel sessions held in these categories Read more here about theevent
Dario Piselli CA Board Member addresses the 2016 International SustainableCampus Network Conference
Dario Piselli is Project Leader Solutions Initiatives ndash SDSN Youth The address focused on1) the role of epistemic communities 2) the importance of universities being key actors inimplementation and monitoring processes and harnessing the power of data to supportcountriesrsquo efforts towards sustainable development 3) the need to promote dynamicecosystems of universities interacting with each other the larger epistemic community andnationallocal governments and 4) the need to involve young people and students more inwhat universities are doing to make the most of their skills their capacity to adapt andtheir fluid intelligence which is crucial to solve todayrsquos complex problems The full addresscan be accessed at the SDSNshyY webpage
Featured CA Member Institution
Featured CA Member Institution
University of Maribor SloveniaThe University of Maribor (UM) is a public institution of great nationalimportance UM is following a research strategy focusing on a creativeenvironment encouraging academic freedom with the purpose of promotingsustainable and socially responsible development and producing outstandingscientific results encouraging the Universityrsquos participation in the Europeanintegration of scientific research A close link between science andtechnology which is manifested in innovations will increase the visibility of theUniversity at home and abroad and influence the development of the lessadvanced region of Podravje and the entire countryThis new model of a sustainable and socially responsible university willcontribute to a deeper understanding of the interactions between theenvironmental economic social and ethical dimensions of sustainabledevelopment We sincerely hope that the University of Maribor will be able toconvince other public private governmental nonshygovernmental andindustrial organizations to follow its lead
The University of Maribor comprises various faculties with more than 23 000 students and staff members The consumption ofenergy water and materials is therefore comparable to the consumption of large businesses Environmental pollution is notgenerated only in lecture halls and labs but also in offices at parking lots etc The transformation of the University into asustainable and socially responsible institution requires the incorporation of all four dimensions of sustainable development(environmental economic social and ethical)UM is also a member of various international associations eg European University Association (EUA) AlpsshyAdriatic RectorsConference (AARC) Danube Rectors Conference (DRC) Leveraging Education into Organisations (LEOshyNET) EuropeanNetwork of Academic Sports Services (ENAS) and University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNEECC) and nowalso the COPERNCIUS Alliance which we are very proud of and looking forward to cooperate with other colleaguesFull prof PhD Peter GlavičJoanna Bertoncelj
Global news
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network shy Youth invites cooperation
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network shy Youth (SDSN Youth) the global youthchapter of the SDSN directed by Prof Jeffrey Sachs is launching the first edition of its YouthSolutions Report before the end of the year The Youth Solutions Report will aim to identify andcelebrate youth organizations youthshyled projects and ground breaking ideas that aresuccessfully working towards achieving the targets set in the 2030 Agenda Covering an
international spectrum it will consolidate information on 50 projects run by youth organizations and individuals committed toimplementing the SDGs and making them a reality
In the vision of SDSN Youth creating the Report presenting it at major conferences and establishing meaningful partnershipswith UN Agencies companies and media outlets will facilitate the dissemination of promising youthshyled solutions giving themadditional fora to showcase their work and opportunities to draw interest from potential supporters In turn this will helpinvestors donors and supporters better understand the multishyfaceted role of young people in the 2030 Agenda
From this perspective SDSN Youth is pleased to invite all members of COPERNICUS Alliance to get involved in thedrafting of the Solutions Report starting from the possibility of recommending youth Solutions that you are familiar with forinclusion in the Report These could be initiatives that your institution is already supporting (eg student startshyups) but alsoprojects that are being implemented by one of your partners or more generally in your region If you believe that they arealigned with the vision that SDSN Youth is pushing forward with the Report make sure the proponents submit their story athttpwwwyouthsolutionsreport in order for it to be evaluated for inclusion by an Advisory Panel composed of worldshyleadingexperts in the field of sustainable development By visiting the website you can also learn more about the evaluation criteriaand the initiative itself and stay updated with all relevant information
Donrsquot hesitate to contact SDSN Youth at solutionssdsnyouthorg if you have any question
Global Climate Change Week shy resources for academic communities
Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcom) took place for the first time last year (the GCCW2015 report is available at httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomreportshyonshygccwshy2015) which focused directly on academics In2016 GCCW 10thshy16th October will focus on whole lsquoacademic communitiesrsquo shy academics students (including undergraduatestudents) nonshyacademic (including professional and union) staff at universities and alumni to ensure an inclusive environmentand make the most of the energy and commitment of students and nonshyacademic staffA new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) provides
A new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) providesideas information and resources to support nonshyacademic staff interested in participating GCCW organisers welcome anyfeedback on the website resources and would be interested to hear any other ideas for ensuring the active participationof nonshyacademic university staff in GCCW
21st Century skills for graduates Flipcurric online teaching guideFlipCurric assists program teams in higher education institutions to equipgraduates to meet the social cultural economic resource and environmentalchallenges of the 21st century The guide was coshycreated with 3700 learningand teaching leaders from Australia New Zealand the Pacific East Asia
Europe the UK and North America during a National Senior Teaching Fellowship at the Australian Office for Learning andTeaching (OLT) Devoted to assuring achievement standards and the quality of assessment in universities and colleges thefellowship was undertaken during 2014shy16 by Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Scott who was hosted by COPERNICUS Alliancemembers during his work The guide outlines 6 Keys to flipping the curriculum and has diverse searchable resources Youcan access the Flipcurric guide at the website httpflipcurriceduau
AASHE award for sustainability in HE researchIn an effort to build stronger connections between campus sustainability practitioners and highereducation sustainability researchers like yourself the Association for the Advancement ofSustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has created a new award for published research onsustainability in higher education The goal is to help ensure that practitioners can takeadvantage of findings from the research community and also to encourage research on topics ofpractical importance to the field
If you (or students with whom you work) have published papers on sustainability in higher education in the last yearsubmissions are invited for the research award Award winners will receive one complimentary pass to the 2016 AASHEConference amp Expo this October in Baltimore
All submissions will shared via the new Campus Sustainability Hub which will help practitioners find and benefit from research inan ongoing way
(EVS) a webshybased course jointly organized and offered by about 10 universities fromacross Europe including 5 CA members Learning analytics refers to the use of dataautomatically generated by webshybased learning platforms to support the learningprocessIn EVS the potential of learning analytics is being tested to support the collaborativelearning of students A major goal of EVS is to learn to work together with people withdisciplinary and culturally diverse perspectives on sustainable development and to utilizethis diversity in search for sustainable solutions A major challenge for the teachers is tosupport this process as tutorsIn the workshop the EVS tutors evaluated the performance of a feedback dashboarddesigned to stimulate student reflection help to detect possible problems early andimprove group atmosphere collaboration and effectiveness The conclusion was that the
feedback tool had a demonstrated potential to stimulate student activity and that followshyup work was required to develop lsquogoodpracticesrsquo for the tutors on how to utilize the tool best in coaching their student team The workshop was also an opportunity topresent the COPERNICUS Alliance to participants from universities which are not yet CA members
University of Warsaw conference and poster exhibition ldquoSustainable Development atUniversitiesrdquo
The University Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development(UCBS) at the University of Warsaw organized a oneshyday conference andaccompanying exhibition of posters entitled ldquoSustainable Development at Universitiesrdquoin order to communicate the concept of sustainability in higher education to studentsand members of the university administration academics from University of Warsawand other Universities from Poland representatives from the Ministry of EnvironmentPolish Committee of UNESCO City Council of Warsaw and many other key institutionsfor implementation of sustainability rules at different levels The conference providedan opportunity to present the COPERNICUS Alliance GUPES and UniversityEducators for Sustainable Development (UE4SD) Special guest Dr Jorrdi Serra
(Delegate for Sustainability at the University of Barcelona) presented good practices of sustainability from the University ofBarcelonaThe poster exhibition illustrated how different aspects of sustainable development are being implemented at Warsaw Universityand other universities in Poland and abroad in the education research and primarily in the sustainable management of theuniversity and the ldquogreeningrdquo of campuses All the posters and main presentations from the conferences are available on theUCBS website httpucbsuweduplen
We welcome Micro Funds applications from CA members before the next deadline on 31st October More details onapplying for a Micro Funds grant is available at the website
Micro Funds awarded to University of GloucestershireIn the second round of applications for Micro Funds the University of Gloucestershire was awarded a grantto support the conference Universities as Beacons of Change Education for Sustainability Lighting upPathways for a New World
A report on this event will follow in the next newsletter Applications are welcome for CA members before thenext deadline 31st October
For more information please see httpwwwcopernicusshyallianceorginitiativescashymicroshyfunds
CA Members news
Competences for SD video
Ecocampus a program on sustainable higher education of the Flemish government has made avideo about how education can familiarize students with the changing society The videointroduces the viewers to the key competences for sustainable development In 2 minutes 30seconds the viewer learns about systems thinking and the anticipatory normative strategic andinterpersonal competences The goal of the video is to challenge teachers to reflect on whatthese mean for their practicehttpsyoutube8KerFUQtZmk
Opportunities for PhD students Leuphana University of LueneburgLeuphana University of Lueneburg is recruiting 5 PhD students to work on a project on higher education for sustainabledevelopment This project generates evidence on how students can best be educated to acquire competencies to becomeimpactful change agents It addresses how competence acquisition can best be fosteredThe project adopts a multishymethodological approach combining inshydepth qualitative case studies with a quantitative samplestudy to generate both detailed as well as generalizable insights The project conducts its research on two universities thathave pioneered sustainability education in Europe and North America namely Leuphana University of Luumlneburg in Germanyand Arizona State University in the United StatesThe project focuses on acquisition of sustainability competencies in
and Arizona State University in the United StatesThe project focuses on acquisition of sustainability competencies insustainability programs teacher education programs and extrashycurricular programs on social entrepreneurship at bothuniversities
For more information on the positions please follow this linkhttpwwwleuphanadenewsjobsshyundshykarriereforschungshylehrehtml
University of Zurich ISCN 2016 Award Winner
UZH is among the 5 universities to be awarded Excellence in Student Leadership for theircontribution to Sustainability Week in Zurich The Swiss Student Union held a conference duringthe week and presented a paper demanding Swiss universities to integrate sustainabilitymeasures into their operationshttpwwwinternationalshysustainableshycampusshynetworkorgawards2016shyawardshywinners
NUS Sustainability Survey seeks global collaborationThe UK National Union of Students (NUS) has jointly launching the sixth year of a joint survey on perceptions of sustainability inHE bringing the number of respondents to c30000 The survey came about in the context of the UNSECO DESD Findingsdemonstrate the strong student demand for sustainable development This longitudinal research makes it clear how muchstudents care about sustainability Over the past five years the results have been consistent
80 per cent of students want their institution to be doing more on sustainabledevelopment60 per cent of students want to learn more about sustainability
In 2015 for the first time the survey has included employers as part of thisresearch to find out what skills and attributes employers want from emerginggraduates ndash especially relating to sustainability Results show that employersthought that a range of skills for sustainability were important when they wererecruitingand this will be a theme for future research The survey has led ussecuring the pound5m Studentsrsquo Green Fund for unions and also ourinnovative Responsible Futures ESD programme as well as being drawnupon by countless universities and colleges in the UK to help win support forESD locallyNUS are also looking to collaborate with other partners globally to further thebody of evidence around this topic For more information visit the NUS
website or contact racheldraysonnusorguk
ELTT webinar
BOKU Sustainability day 2nd June 2016The BOKU Sustainability Day is a central measure of the universitys sustainability strategyTheevent offered a broad spectrum of activities keynotes discussion sessions etc and wasaccompanied by an artistic programme Entitled (Un)finitude Limited resources Boundless ideas the
event explored the tension between finite resources and infinite opportunities The whole day and evening program was thenaligned along the axis Earth brain heart and hand with parallel sessions held in these categories Read more here about theevent
Dario Piselli CA Board Member addresses the 2016 International SustainableCampus Network Conference
Dario Piselli is Project Leader Solutions Initiatives ndash SDSN Youth The address focused on1) the role of epistemic communities 2) the importance of universities being key actors inimplementation and monitoring processes and harnessing the power of data to supportcountriesrsquo efforts towards sustainable development 3) the need to promote dynamicecosystems of universities interacting with each other the larger epistemic community andnationallocal governments and 4) the need to involve young people and students more inwhat universities are doing to make the most of their skills their capacity to adapt andtheir fluid intelligence which is crucial to solve todayrsquos complex problems The full addresscan be accessed at the SDSNshyY webpage
Featured CA Member Institution
Featured CA Member Institution
University of Maribor SloveniaThe University of Maribor (UM) is a public institution of great nationalimportance UM is following a research strategy focusing on a creativeenvironment encouraging academic freedom with the purpose of promotingsustainable and socially responsible development and producing outstandingscientific results encouraging the Universityrsquos participation in the Europeanintegration of scientific research A close link between science andtechnology which is manifested in innovations will increase the visibility of theUniversity at home and abroad and influence the development of the lessadvanced region of Podravje and the entire countryThis new model of a sustainable and socially responsible university willcontribute to a deeper understanding of the interactions between theenvironmental economic social and ethical dimensions of sustainabledevelopment We sincerely hope that the University of Maribor will be able toconvince other public private governmental nonshygovernmental andindustrial organizations to follow its lead
The University of Maribor comprises various faculties with more than 23 000 students and staff members The consumption ofenergy water and materials is therefore comparable to the consumption of large businesses Environmental pollution is notgenerated only in lecture halls and labs but also in offices at parking lots etc The transformation of the University into asustainable and socially responsible institution requires the incorporation of all four dimensions of sustainable development(environmental economic social and ethical)UM is also a member of various international associations eg European University Association (EUA) AlpsshyAdriatic RectorsConference (AARC) Danube Rectors Conference (DRC) Leveraging Education into Organisations (LEOshyNET) EuropeanNetwork of Academic Sports Services (ENAS) and University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNEECC) and nowalso the COPERNCIUS Alliance which we are very proud of and looking forward to cooperate with other colleaguesFull prof PhD Peter GlavičJoanna Bertoncelj
Global news
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network shy Youth invites cooperation
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network shy Youth (SDSN Youth) the global youthchapter of the SDSN directed by Prof Jeffrey Sachs is launching the first edition of its YouthSolutions Report before the end of the year The Youth Solutions Report will aim to identify andcelebrate youth organizations youthshyled projects and ground breaking ideas that aresuccessfully working towards achieving the targets set in the 2030 Agenda Covering an
international spectrum it will consolidate information on 50 projects run by youth organizations and individuals committed toimplementing the SDGs and making them a reality
In the vision of SDSN Youth creating the Report presenting it at major conferences and establishing meaningful partnershipswith UN Agencies companies and media outlets will facilitate the dissemination of promising youthshyled solutions giving themadditional fora to showcase their work and opportunities to draw interest from potential supporters In turn this will helpinvestors donors and supporters better understand the multishyfaceted role of young people in the 2030 Agenda
From this perspective SDSN Youth is pleased to invite all members of COPERNICUS Alliance to get involved in thedrafting of the Solutions Report starting from the possibility of recommending youth Solutions that you are familiar with forinclusion in the Report These could be initiatives that your institution is already supporting (eg student startshyups) but alsoprojects that are being implemented by one of your partners or more generally in your region If you believe that they arealigned with the vision that SDSN Youth is pushing forward with the Report make sure the proponents submit their story athttpwwwyouthsolutionsreport in order for it to be evaluated for inclusion by an Advisory Panel composed of worldshyleadingexperts in the field of sustainable development By visiting the website you can also learn more about the evaluation criteriaand the initiative itself and stay updated with all relevant information
Donrsquot hesitate to contact SDSN Youth at solutionssdsnyouthorg if you have any question
Global Climate Change Week shy resources for academic communities
Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcom) took place for the first time last year (the GCCW2015 report is available at httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomreportshyonshygccwshy2015) which focused directly on academics In2016 GCCW 10thshy16th October will focus on whole lsquoacademic communitiesrsquo shy academics students (including undergraduatestudents) nonshyacademic (including professional and union) staff at universities and alumni to ensure an inclusive environmentand make the most of the energy and commitment of students and nonshyacademic staffA new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) provides
A new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) providesideas information and resources to support nonshyacademic staff interested in participating GCCW organisers welcome anyfeedback on the website resources and would be interested to hear any other ideas for ensuring the active participationof nonshyacademic university staff in GCCW
21st Century skills for graduates Flipcurric online teaching guideFlipCurric assists program teams in higher education institutions to equipgraduates to meet the social cultural economic resource and environmentalchallenges of the 21st century The guide was coshycreated with 3700 learningand teaching leaders from Australia New Zealand the Pacific East Asia
Europe the UK and North America during a National Senior Teaching Fellowship at the Australian Office for Learning andTeaching (OLT) Devoted to assuring achievement standards and the quality of assessment in universities and colleges thefellowship was undertaken during 2014shy16 by Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Scott who was hosted by COPERNICUS Alliancemembers during his work The guide outlines 6 Keys to flipping the curriculum and has diverse searchable resources Youcan access the Flipcurric guide at the website httpflipcurriceduau
AASHE award for sustainability in HE researchIn an effort to build stronger connections between campus sustainability practitioners and highereducation sustainability researchers like yourself the Association for the Advancement ofSustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has created a new award for published research onsustainability in higher education The goal is to help ensure that practitioners can takeadvantage of findings from the research community and also to encourage research on topics ofpractical importance to the field
If you (or students with whom you work) have published papers on sustainability in higher education in the last yearsubmissions are invited for the research award Award winners will receive one complimentary pass to the 2016 AASHEConference amp Expo this October in Baltimore
All submissions will shared via the new Campus Sustainability Hub which will help practitioners find and benefit from research inan ongoing way
and Arizona State University in the United StatesThe project focuses on acquisition of sustainability competencies insustainability programs teacher education programs and extrashycurricular programs on social entrepreneurship at bothuniversities
For more information on the positions please follow this linkhttpwwwleuphanadenewsjobsshyundshykarriereforschungshylehrehtml
University of Zurich ISCN 2016 Award Winner
UZH is among the 5 universities to be awarded Excellence in Student Leadership for theircontribution to Sustainability Week in Zurich The Swiss Student Union held a conference duringthe week and presented a paper demanding Swiss universities to integrate sustainabilitymeasures into their operationshttpwwwinternationalshysustainableshycampusshynetworkorgawards2016shyawardshywinners
NUS Sustainability Survey seeks global collaborationThe UK National Union of Students (NUS) has jointly launching the sixth year of a joint survey on perceptions of sustainability inHE bringing the number of respondents to c30000 The survey came about in the context of the UNSECO DESD Findingsdemonstrate the strong student demand for sustainable development This longitudinal research makes it clear how muchstudents care about sustainability Over the past five years the results have been consistent
80 per cent of students want their institution to be doing more on sustainabledevelopment60 per cent of students want to learn more about sustainability
In 2015 for the first time the survey has included employers as part of thisresearch to find out what skills and attributes employers want from emerginggraduates ndash especially relating to sustainability Results show that employersthought that a range of skills for sustainability were important when they wererecruitingand this will be a theme for future research The survey has led ussecuring the pound5m Studentsrsquo Green Fund for unions and also ourinnovative Responsible Futures ESD programme as well as being drawnupon by countless universities and colleges in the UK to help win support forESD locallyNUS are also looking to collaborate with other partners globally to further thebody of evidence around this topic For more information visit the NUS
website or contact racheldraysonnusorguk
ELTT webinar
BOKU Sustainability day 2nd June 2016The BOKU Sustainability Day is a central measure of the universitys sustainability strategyTheevent offered a broad spectrum of activities keynotes discussion sessions etc and wasaccompanied by an artistic programme Entitled (Un)finitude Limited resources Boundless ideas the
event explored the tension between finite resources and infinite opportunities The whole day and evening program was thenaligned along the axis Earth brain heart and hand with parallel sessions held in these categories Read more here about theevent
Dario Piselli CA Board Member addresses the 2016 International SustainableCampus Network Conference
Dario Piselli is Project Leader Solutions Initiatives ndash SDSN Youth The address focused on1) the role of epistemic communities 2) the importance of universities being key actors inimplementation and monitoring processes and harnessing the power of data to supportcountriesrsquo efforts towards sustainable development 3) the need to promote dynamicecosystems of universities interacting with each other the larger epistemic community andnationallocal governments and 4) the need to involve young people and students more inwhat universities are doing to make the most of their skills their capacity to adapt andtheir fluid intelligence which is crucial to solve todayrsquos complex problems The full addresscan be accessed at the SDSNshyY webpage
Featured CA Member Institution
Featured CA Member Institution
University of Maribor SloveniaThe University of Maribor (UM) is a public institution of great nationalimportance UM is following a research strategy focusing on a creativeenvironment encouraging academic freedom with the purpose of promotingsustainable and socially responsible development and producing outstandingscientific results encouraging the Universityrsquos participation in the Europeanintegration of scientific research A close link between science andtechnology which is manifested in innovations will increase the visibility of theUniversity at home and abroad and influence the development of the lessadvanced region of Podravje and the entire countryThis new model of a sustainable and socially responsible university willcontribute to a deeper understanding of the interactions between theenvironmental economic social and ethical dimensions of sustainabledevelopment We sincerely hope that the University of Maribor will be able toconvince other public private governmental nonshygovernmental andindustrial organizations to follow its lead
The University of Maribor comprises various faculties with more than 23 000 students and staff members The consumption ofenergy water and materials is therefore comparable to the consumption of large businesses Environmental pollution is notgenerated only in lecture halls and labs but also in offices at parking lots etc The transformation of the University into asustainable and socially responsible institution requires the incorporation of all four dimensions of sustainable development(environmental economic social and ethical)UM is also a member of various international associations eg European University Association (EUA) AlpsshyAdriatic RectorsConference (AARC) Danube Rectors Conference (DRC) Leveraging Education into Organisations (LEOshyNET) EuropeanNetwork of Academic Sports Services (ENAS) and University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNEECC) and nowalso the COPERNCIUS Alliance which we are very proud of and looking forward to cooperate with other colleaguesFull prof PhD Peter GlavičJoanna Bertoncelj
Global news
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network shy Youth invites cooperation
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network shy Youth (SDSN Youth) the global youthchapter of the SDSN directed by Prof Jeffrey Sachs is launching the first edition of its YouthSolutions Report before the end of the year The Youth Solutions Report will aim to identify andcelebrate youth organizations youthshyled projects and ground breaking ideas that aresuccessfully working towards achieving the targets set in the 2030 Agenda Covering an
international spectrum it will consolidate information on 50 projects run by youth organizations and individuals committed toimplementing the SDGs and making them a reality
In the vision of SDSN Youth creating the Report presenting it at major conferences and establishing meaningful partnershipswith UN Agencies companies and media outlets will facilitate the dissemination of promising youthshyled solutions giving themadditional fora to showcase their work and opportunities to draw interest from potential supporters In turn this will helpinvestors donors and supporters better understand the multishyfaceted role of young people in the 2030 Agenda
From this perspective SDSN Youth is pleased to invite all members of COPERNICUS Alliance to get involved in thedrafting of the Solutions Report starting from the possibility of recommending youth Solutions that you are familiar with forinclusion in the Report These could be initiatives that your institution is already supporting (eg student startshyups) but alsoprojects that are being implemented by one of your partners or more generally in your region If you believe that they arealigned with the vision that SDSN Youth is pushing forward with the Report make sure the proponents submit their story athttpwwwyouthsolutionsreport in order for it to be evaluated for inclusion by an Advisory Panel composed of worldshyleadingexperts in the field of sustainable development By visiting the website you can also learn more about the evaluation criteriaand the initiative itself and stay updated with all relevant information
Donrsquot hesitate to contact SDSN Youth at solutionssdsnyouthorg if you have any question
Global Climate Change Week shy resources for academic communities
Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcom) took place for the first time last year (the GCCW2015 report is available at httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomreportshyonshygccwshy2015) which focused directly on academics In2016 GCCW 10thshy16th October will focus on whole lsquoacademic communitiesrsquo shy academics students (including undergraduatestudents) nonshyacademic (including professional and union) staff at universities and alumni to ensure an inclusive environmentand make the most of the energy and commitment of students and nonshyacademic staffA new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) provides
A new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) providesideas information and resources to support nonshyacademic staff interested in participating GCCW organisers welcome anyfeedback on the website resources and would be interested to hear any other ideas for ensuring the active participationof nonshyacademic university staff in GCCW
21st Century skills for graduates Flipcurric online teaching guideFlipCurric assists program teams in higher education institutions to equipgraduates to meet the social cultural economic resource and environmentalchallenges of the 21st century The guide was coshycreated with 3700 learningand teaching leaders from Australia New Zealand the Pacific East Asia
Europe the UK and North America during a National Senior Teaching Fellowship at the Australian Office for Learning andTeaching (OLT) Devoted to assuring achievement standards and the quality of assessment in universities and colleges thefellowship was undertaken during 2014shy16 by Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Scott who was hosted by COPERNICUS Alliancemembers during his work The guide outlines 6 Keys to flipping the curriculum and has diverse searchable resources Youcan access the Flipcurric guide at the website httpflipcurriceduau
AASHE award for sustainability in HE researchIn an effort to build stronger connections between campus sustainability practitioners and highereducation sustainability researchers like yourself the Association for the Advancement ofSustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has created a new award for published research onsustainability in higher education The goal is to help ensure that practitioners can takeadvantage of findings from the research community and also to encourage research on topics ofpractical importance to the field
If you (or students with whom you work) have published papers on sustainability in higher education in the last yearsubmissions are invited for the research award Award winners will receive one complimentary pass to the 2016 AASHEConference amp Expo this October in Baltimore
All submissions will shared via the new Campus Sustainability Hub which will help practitioners find and benefit from research inan ongoing way
Featured CA Member Institution
University of Maribor SloveniaThe University of Maribor (UM) is a public institution of great nationalimportance UM is following a research strategy focusing on a creativeenvironment encouraging academic freedom with the purpose of promotingsustainable and socially responsible development and producing outstandingscientific results encouraging the Universityrsquos participation in the Europeanintegration of scientific research A close link between science andtechnology which is manifested in innovations will increase the visibility of theUniversity at home and abroad and influence the development of the lessadvanced region of Podravje and the entire countryThis new model of a sustainable and socially responsible university willcontribute to a deeper understanding of the interactions between theenvironmental economic social and ethical dimensions of sustainabledevelopment We sincerely hope that the University of Maribor will be able toconvince other public private governmental nonshygovernmental andindustrial organizations to follow its lead
The University of Maribor comprises various faculties with more than 23 000 students and staff members The consumption ofenergy water and materials is therefore comparable to the consumption of large businesses Environmental pollution is notgenerated only in lecture halls and labs but also in offices at parking lots etc The transformation of the University into asustainable and socially responsible institution requires the incorporation of all four dimensions of sustainable development(environmental economic social and ethical)UM is also a member of various international associations eg European University Association (EUA) AlpsshyAdriatic RectorsConference (AARC) Danube Rectors Conference (DRC) Leveraging Education into Organisations (LEOshyNET) EuropeanNetwork of Academic Sports Services (ENAS) and University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNEECC) and nowalso the COPERNCIUS Alliance which we are very proud of and looking forward to cooperate with other colleaguesFull prof PhD Peter GlavičJoanna Bertoncelj
Global news
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network shy Youth invites cooperation
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network shy Youth (SDSN Youth) the global youthchapter of the SDSN directed by Prof Jeffrey Sachs is launching the first edition of its YouthSolutions Report before the end of the year The Youth Solutions Report will aim to identify andcelebrate youth organizations youthshyled projects and ground breaking ideas that aresuccessfully working towards achieving the targets set in the 2030 Agenda Covering an
international spectrum it will consolidate information on 50 projects run by youth organizations and individuals committed toimplementing the SDGs and making them a reality
In the vision of SDSN Youth creating the Report presenting it at major conferences and establishing meaningful partnershipswith UN Agencies companies and media outlets will facilitate the dissemination of promising youthshyled solutions giving themadditional fora to showcase their work and opportunities to draw interest from potential supporters In turn this will helpinvestors donors and supporters better understand the multishyfaceted role of young people in the 2030 Agenda
From this perspective SDSN Youth is pleased to invite all members of COPERNICUS Alliance to get involved in thedrafting of the Solutions Report starting from the possibility of recommending youth Solutions that you are familiar with forinclusion in the Report These could be initiatives that your institution is already supporting (eg student startshyups) but alsoprojects that are being implemented by one of your partners or more generally in your region If you believe that they arealigned with the vision that SDSN Youth is pushing forward with the Report make sure the proponents submit their story athttpwwwyouthsolutionsreport in order for it to be evaluated for inclusion by an Advisory Panel composed of worldshyleadingexperts in the field of sustainable development By visiting the website you can also learn more about the evaluation criteriaand the initiative itself and stay updated with all relevant information
Donrsquot hesitate to contact SDSN Youth at solutionssdsnyouthorg if you have any question
Global Climate Change Week shy resources for academic communities
Global Climate Change Week (GCCW) (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcom) took place for the first time last year (the GCCW2015 report is available at httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomreportshyonshygccwshy2015) which focused directly on academics In2016 GCCW 10thshy16th October will focus on whole lsquoacademic communitiesrsquo shy academics students (including undergraduatestudents) nonshyacademic (including professional and union) staff at universities and alumni to ensure an inclusive environmentand make the most of the energy and commitment of students and nonshyacademic staffA new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) provides
A new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) providesideas information and resources to support nonshyacademic staff interested in participating GCCW organisers welcome anyfeedback on the website resources and would be interested to hear any other ideas for ensuring the active participationof nonshyacademic university staff in GCCW
21st Century skills for graduates Flipcurric online teaching guideFlipCurric assists program teams in higher education institutions to equipgraduates to meet the social cultural economic resource and environmentalchallenges of the 21st century The guide was coshycreated with 3700 learningand teaching leaders from Australia New Zealand the Pacific East Asia
Europe the UK and North America during a National Senior Teaching Fellowship at the Australian Office for Learning andTeaching (OLT) Devoted to assuring achievement standards and the quality of assessment in universities and colleges thefellowship was undertaken during 2014shy16 by Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Scott who was hosted by COPERNICUS Alliancemembers during his work The guide outlines 6 Keys to flipping the curriculum and has diverse searchable resources Youcan access the Flipcurric guide at the website httpflipcurriceduau
AASHE award for sustainability in HE researchIn an effort to build stronger connections between campus sustainability practitioners and highereducation sustainability researchers like yourself the Association for the Advancement ofSustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has created a new award for published research onsustainability in higher education The goal is to help ensure that practitioners can takeadvantage of findings from the research community and also to encourage research on topics ofpractical importance to the field
If you (or students with whom you work) have published papers on sustainability in higher education in the last yearsubmissions are invited for the research award Award winners will receive one complimentary pass to the 2016 AASHEConference amp Expo this October in Baltimore
All submissions will shared via the new Campus Sustainability Hub which will help practitioners find and benefit from research inan ongoing way
A new page on the website lsquoFor nonshyacademic staffrsquo (httpglobalclimatechangeweekcomforshyprofessionalshystaff) providesideas information and resources to support nonshyacademic staff interested in participating GCCW organisers welcome anyfeedback on the website resources and would be interested to hear any other ideas for ensuring the active participationof nonshyacademic university staff in GCCW
21st Century skills for graduates Flipcurric online teaching guideFlipCurric assists program teams in higher education institutions to equipgraduates to meet the social cultural economic resource and environmentalchallenges of the 21st century The guide was coshycreated with 3700 learningand teaching leaders from Australia New Zealand the Pacific East Asia
Europe the UK and North America during a National Senior Teaching Fellowship at the Australian Office for Learning andTeaching (OLT) Devoted to assuring achievement standards and the quality of assessment in universities and colleges thefellowship was undertaken during 2014shy16 by Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Scott who was hosted by COPERNICUS Alliancemembers during his work The guide outlines 6 Keys to flipping the curriculum and has diverse searchable resources Youcan access the Flipcurric guide at the website httpflipcurriceduau
AASHE award for sustainability in HE researchIn an effort to build stronger connections between campus sustainability practitioners and highereducation sustainability researchers like yourself the Association for the Advancement ofSustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has created a new award for published research onsustainability in higher education The goal is to help ensure that practitioners can takeadvantage of findings from the research community and also to encourage research on topics ofpractical importance to the field
If you (or students with whom you work) have published papers on sustainability in higher education in the last yearsubmissions are invited for the research award Award winners will receive one complimentary pass to the 2016 AASHEConference amp Expo this October in Baltimore
All submissions will shared via the new Campus Sustainability Hub which will help practitioners find and benefit from research inan ongoing way
